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Warren Buffett donates $4 billion more and leaves Gates Foundation

By Zach Halaschak
Published June 23, 2021 2:48pm ET
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Warren Buffett donates $4 billion more and leaves Gates Foundation
FILE - In this May 7, 2018 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview in Omaha, Neb. The price of a private lunch with Buffett could set another record this year because the bidding is already over $3 million. The online auction that raises money for the Glide Foundation’s work to help the homeless in San Francisco wraps up Friday night, June 1, 2018. | (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Legendary investor Warren Buffett announced his resignation as a trustee from the Gates Foundation and said he would be giving away more than $4 billion of his wealth.

In 2006, Buffett pledged to donate all of his Berkshire Hathaway shares through gifts to five different foundations. The Wednesday announcement marks the halfway point of the philanthropist’s goal.

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